The Handfasting

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I will find you.

Before they parted, Steven and Katherine had joined hands in the ruins of the old abbey church and pledged their love to each other. It was the summer of nineteen sixty-seven, and they were going in different directions, to different schools, to different countries.
How could Steven make such a promise?
Perhaps if they’d had today’s internet with its email, online databases, and social media, if they’d had cell phones with international calling, his promise would not have been so foolish. In nineteen-sixty-seven, though, once you lost track of someone, picking up the trail could easily be impossible.

Through ten years of separation, Katherine clung to Steven’s words, hoping and praying he would keep his promise. When he finally finds her, they fall in love once more and plan to marry. Together, again, what could stand in the way of their happiness?

Steven is not Katherine’s only suitor. Bill Wilson—arrogant, selfish, sexist—has known Katherine since they were in high school. He has long assumed he would wed her, telling everyone she would be his, telling everyone except Katherine. When Steven appears, he decides he must formally stake his claim.
A loveless marriage to a man she despises versus marriage to the love of her life? The choice seems obvious.

When Katherine rebuffs Bill’s proposal, his courtship turns violent. What will she risk to find the strength to follow her heart and embrace the future she truly wants?

If you enjoy stories about strong women who fight to overcome the odds to obtain what they want, then you will enjoy The Handfasting.